saegeet



(No Model.)

P. G. & A. C. SARGENT.

WOOL WASHER. No. 266,900. Patented Oct. 31, 1882I` llllllul ul llmu l 1 I I I I I I`| l I l l I I I I I I I I] LI I I I I I I I I l I l| ;I

' mz MK?? MW UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERIOK G. SARGENT AND ALLAN O. SARGENT, OF GRANITEVILLE, MASS.

wooL-wAsHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 266,900, dated October 31, 1882.

Application filed May 23, 18852.

10 all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that we, FREDERIGK G. SAR- GENT and ALLAN O. SARGENT, of Graniteville, county of Middlesex, and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Feeding Mechanism for Wool-Washers, of

' which the following` is a specification.

Our invention relates to an automatic feeding mechanism to feed wool to washng or other machines, land its objects are to provide a mechanism which will deliver the wool supplied irregularly to it regularly to the wool- .washer or other machinery designed to be fed by it, and one which will not be liable to become clogged or choked. VVe accomplish these objects by the mechanism illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a Vertical longitudinal section of one of our machines. Fig. 2 is a front elevation with a portion of the front broken away.

A is a trough or box into which the wool is thrown by the attendant.

B is an endless apron, which forms thebottom of the trough and on which the wool put into it rests. This apron is given a slow forward movement by the rotation of the shaft b, which carries the roll over which the apron passes.

O is an apron carried by rolls c', 02, and 03, which are arranged in a triangle, so that the apron will present a Vertical face to the wool in the trough and an inclined side toward the machine into which the wool is discharged.

This apron is provided with slats Z', which have spurs e proj ectin g in a forward direction, so that as the apron moves these spurs will hook into the wool brought toward them by the apron B and carry up small quantities on each, which as the apron passes over the upper roll will, by reason of the inclination given the spurs, be no longer held by them, but willfall freely down over the inclined sidef of the apron,l which is (No model.)

given such an angle of inclination that it will discharge all the wool so fallin g directly into the machine designed to be fed.`

The roll 02 is placed a-sufficient distance from the roll 03 to give such length to the inclined sidef as will permit ofa sufficient momentum being obtained by the wool as it falls down that side to strip off from the spurs any small looks or bnnches which may be so entangled as to have too great a hold upon the slats and spurs to be overcome by their own gravity. By this means I make'the machine doff itself.

The shaft H is provided with the guards h, which are given a backward curvature, and which serve to knock down and throw back any extraordinary masses of fiber elevated by the spurs from the trough, and thusmake the apron O feed more regularly than it would otherwise. The apron O is given amovement much more rapid than the apron B, so that the wool will be presented slowly to the action of the spurs carried by the apron O, and therefore be more perfectly separated by them.-

vWhat we claim as new and of our invention 1s- 1. The combination of the trough A and apron B with the feeding-apron O, provided with spurs e e, and moving` vertically upward over the roller 02 and at an incline downward over the roller 03, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the apron B, carrying the fiber forward to the feeding-apron O, the latter, being provided with spnrs c e, and inoving vertically and at an incline over the rollers 02 03 at a greater surface speed than that of the apron B, substantially as described.

F. G. SARGENT.

A. O. SARGENT.

Witnesses:

H. W. OHURcH, W. H. A. EVANs. 

